𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐃, 𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

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‧˚₊‧꒦꒷꒦ ꒷꒦‧˚.⁺꒷꒦꒷‧˚꒦‧˚₊‧

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"he said it looked something like this." kiara pointed to the drawn out map, august and sarah took a closer look, "so..?" "that's 50 feet down, they're using 100-feet rope. so i guess this little wagon will go straight to the gold room." they all laughed at the plan, "who drew this?" sarah asked, "who do you think?" kiara said and they all looked over at the boys.

when they all turned they noticed pope already staring. august laughed, "he is so in love with you." kiara rolled her eyes, "i know."

"kie! this better work!" JJ said before dropping the gold on the floor, "we can't pawn this if there's a giant wheat symbol on it."

kiara picked up a blow torch, "it's gonna work." august and sarah looked at each other and just laughed.

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they pulled up to the pawn shop and prayed this would work out. "hell of a job melting it down, dr. frankenstein." JJ turned to look at kie, "like you could've done any better." she defended herself.

"i could have done much better. i took a welding class." "when?" john b showed up and hushed them, "chill out, okay?"

JJ scoffed, "easy for you to say. you're not the one that has to pawn this piece of shit off." he showed john b the melted gold, "how'd i get this job anyway?" he asked, "cause your the best liar." pope answered, "and hey, don't forget you got backup." kie pointed to his girlfriend who smiled at him.

"put your game face on." she told him and grabbed his arm and they all walked in behind the couple, "afternoon ma'am." JJ greeted her, "afternoon." she greeted back, "i see you buy gold." he walked up to her while holding his girlfriends hand. "that's what the sign say, don't it?" she replied back.

"well, i sure hope you buy a lot of it, because i'm about to blow your mind." he took off his backpack and laid it down, "i ain't got much mind left to blow, so have at it." he placed the heavy gold on the counter, "how about them gold apples?"

she chuckled, "that ain't real." august stepped infront of her boyfriend, "trust me ma'am, it is." "feel how heavy it is." JJ told the woman and she had a little trouble picking it up, "mhm, let's get some light on that."

"spray painted tungsten." she suggested. JJ scoffed, "spray painted tungsten? really? okay." "why don't you see how soft it is?" august told her, "you mind?" she shook her head no.

the woman felt it and august looked up at her boyfriend with an irritated face, "wow, would you look at that?" JJ said sarcastically, "hold your horses. i ain't got to the acid test yet." she informed him, "ooh! the acid test. my favorite." JJ's sarcastic attitude never failed to make august laugh.

"well, it ain't plated, and it ain't painted." she still seemed suspicious, "ma'am, i'm telling ya. this is real as the day is long." he reassured her, "it looks like someone tried to melt it down." august turned to look at kiara who mouthed, "sorry."

"my mom." he answered making august have wide eyes, "she had all this jewelry laying around the house and she thought it was best to melt it all down to "consolidate" it." august looked over to her boyfriend. she was impressed on how much of a good liar he was.

she weighed the gold, "seven pounds? that's a lot of earrings." she wasn't easy trusting obviously.

"okay, to be honest, ma'am." he cleared his throat, "it's really hard to see my mom fall apart with alzheimer's." she seemed to be a little more relaxed, "give me a minute." she walked away, "take your time, ma'am." he fake cried.

once she had walked away, he looked down at his girlfriend and winked at her, she shook her head in disbelief, "you are insane." she whispered and he wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her forehead, "at least it's working."

she started walking back out so they tried to act professional again, "so i talked to my boss." "and?" JJ was clearly an inpatient person, "this is what i can do."

she put down a receipt and JJ and august took a closer look, "fifty thousand?" he asked and scoffed, "you think i walked in here not knowing the spot price? ma'am, i know this is worth 140, at least." he pointed at the receipt, "well, sweetie, you in a pawnshop. this ain't zurich. do i look swiss to you?"

"ninety, or i walk." he tried to deal with her. "seventy. half price, and uh," she lowered her voice, "i don't ask questions about where you got this." that was enough to make august agree with the deal. JJ looked down at his girlfriend who nodded her head yes. "i'm gonna need that in large denominations, please."

"well, here's the snag. i don't have that much denominated, not here anyway. i can write you a cashier's check." she informed him, "cash.. no, ma'am. i want the cold hard. that's what the sign says." he pointed up to the sign, "cash for gold. that's what i expect. i'm gonna get it in cold hard."

"please ma'am. we really need this money." august begged and the woman looked at her, "what you need this money for?" she asked and august came up with first thought, "we're getting married. eloping, really." august lied quickly and JJ smirked at idea.

the woman laughed, "your parents can't help you with that?" she asked, "nope. we're just two stupid teenagers in love." august hoped that the woman could have a little sympathy. "please."

the woman sighed, "well, i have to send you to the warehouse. i have the money there. is that all right?" august smiled at the question, she fucking did it. "where's this warehouse?" JJ asked.

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they were now driving to the warehouse, "i can't believe you thought of that." sarah laughed at her best friend, "i don't know how, it just came out." august looked over to her boyfriend who smiled at her, "my fiancé." he grabbed her hand and kissed it, "yuck." kiara pretended to gag so august flipped her off.

"so they keep money out here?" pope asked, while looking out the window. "that's what she said." JJ chuckled, "that's what she said-" "stop." pope shut him up making JJ put his head down.

"i've never even heard of resurrection drive." sarah pointed out her suspicion, "cause your rich." JJ said earning a glare from august, "you've never heard of it either." she defended her friend, "thank you." sarah smiled at her best friend.

"it's nothing but weeds back here." kiara pointed out, "all right, just because it's just weeds, doesn't mean it's like," JJ tried to defend the plan before cop sirens interrupted him.

"cops? out here?" kiara turned around and looked out the window. "god! are you kidding me?" JJ exclaimed, "what did we do?" sarah asked, "we did nothing!" august rolled her eyes and sat back.

"why are we getting pulled over?" john b turned around, "stash that!" he pointed to the gold. "chill guys."

"i hate cops." JJ said in annoyance, "did you bring the gun?" john b asked the boy, "no, okay? everybody told me to leave it back at the place." he defended himself, "thank god."